Minneapolis to Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Portland re NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate

Document date 13 December 1971

Part 103pages 127–1304 pagesDB Cooper-46576, DB Cooper-46577, DB Cooper-46579

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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-103:127-130

Document: Teletype Minneapolis to Seattle, Dallas, Denver, Portland re NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate
Id: Cooper-Part-103:127-130
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 103 pp. 127–130 (DB Cooper-46576, DB Cooper-46577, DB Cooper-46579), Teletype, dated 13 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1483 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-103%3A127-130

NR005 MP PLAIN 116PM URGENT 12-13-71 MAW TO SEATTLE (164-81) DALLAS DENVER PORTLAND (164-41) FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) 4P

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NORJAK.

RE: JAMES RAY FUGATE. FUGATE WAS FURNISHED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT BY [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS. FUGATE HAD DEALINGS IN THE PAST WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FUGATE'S DEALINGS WERE HIGHLY SUSPECT AND IT WAS DETERMINED BY [REDACTED] FUGATE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR AND CONFINED FOR FRAUDULENT AND CON GAME ACTIVITIES. FUGATE HAS A FLYING BACKGROUND END PAGE ONE

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Sub-200 164-81-1483 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] DEC 18 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB COOPER-46576

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AND AT ONE TIME WAS CHARGED WITH THE THEFT OF AN AIRCRAFT. FUGATE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] WAS TWO THREE TWO FIVE GLENCOE, DENVER, COLORADO. IN NINETEEN FIFTYEIGHT FUGATE WAS CONVICTED OF PASSING NO ACCOUNT CHECKS ON A GOVERNMENT RESERVATION AND WAS STRIPPED OF RANK IN THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR THIS OFFENSE. IN AUGUST NINETEEN FIFTYNINE HE WAS CONVICTED OF MAIL FRAUD AND SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY AT LUBBOCK FEDERAL PENITENTIARY, LUBBOCK, TEXAS. IN FEBRUARY FIFTYNINE HE WAS CONVICTED OF A CON GAME AND OF THE INTERSTATE THEFT AND TRANSPORTATION OF AN AIRCRAFT. BECAUSE OF HIS CONVICTION FOR MAIL FRAUD, FUGATE RECEIVED PROBATION CONCERNING THE CON GAME AND WAS NOT PROSECUTED FOR THE AIRCRAFT THEFT. FUGATE'S MOST RECENT ADDRESS OBTAINED BY [REDACTED] WAS ROUTE TWO, BOX NINE SIX, AURORA, OREGON. HIS LEGAL ADDRESS WAS LISTED AS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON, P.O. BOX THREE ONE THREE ONE, PORTLAND, OREGON. FUGATE IS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, DOB JANUARY EIGHT, THIRTYONE, POB PORTLAND, OREGON, SIX FEET ONE INCH TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, OLIVE COMPLEXION, DARK, SLIGHTLY GRAYING HAIR, EDUCATION END PAGE TWO

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PAGE THREE DENVER UNIVERSITY, OCCUPATION PILOT, USAF AND UNITED AIRLINES; ENGINEER WITH MARTIN DASH MARRIETTA CORP., DENVER, COLORADO; AIR CARRIERS, INC., AURORA, OREGON DASH PRESIDENT.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A PHOTO OF FUGATE WAS DISPLAYED TO THE STEWARDESSES OF FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, AND THEY ADVISED HE WAS TOO YOUNG, GOOD-LOOKING, AND CLEANCUT TO BY THE SUBJECT; HOWEVER, THIS PHOTO IS AN ENLARGED SNAPSHOT WHICH WAS TAKEN ABOUT NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT.

PORTLAND AT AURORA, OREGON, WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SUSPECT'S CURRENT LOCATION AND WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A CURRENT PHOTO, NOTING SUSPECT WAS LISTED AS PRESIDENT OF AIR CARRIERS, INC.

DENVER AT DENVER, COLORADO WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SUSPECT, NOTING HE WAS SUBJECT OF FEDERAL CASE INVOLVING MAIL FRAUD AND POSSIBLE SUBJECT IN A CRIME ON GOVERNMENT RESERVATION CASE INVOLVING PASSING OF FRAUDULENT CHECKS. WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A CURRENT PHOTO OF SUSPECT. END PAGE THREE

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DALLAS AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WILL CONTACT FEDERAL PENITENTIARY. ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SUSPECT'S CURRENT LOCATION AND OBTAIN CURRENT PHOTO.

IN VIEW OF NATURE OF CRIME SUBJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

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END

VAB

FBI SEATTLE CLR

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DB COOPER-46579

Serials: MP 164-73, PD 164-41, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1483

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